Quotes from Kathleen Turner

The older I get, the less I suffer fools gladly.

It begins and ends with money. It's absurd in this day and age when we need so much money for education, health, for people, that a $100 million dollars can be spent on a film. It's obscene

My father was a diplomatic officer. As a diplomat's daughter, you have to learn to present yourself very early on.

It never occurred to me that I couldn't change things that needed changing or couldn't have what I wanted if I worked hard enough and was good enough

I have health. I have a wonderful support system. I have the admiration of millions of strangers, which I do not underestimate

A woman can plan when to have her family and how to support a family.

You shouldn't get to live in society and give nothing back. People complain about their taxes, yet they do nothing for the community. That makes me furious.

If my ego was out of whack and I believed I could carry anything off, that would be a stupid risk. But so far there's been no reason not to try anything.

What makes me angry? The education of children. How in God's name can you expect to have a functioning society the way we teach our kids?

I rent houses in LA when I'm filming. I find the isolation there terrifying. There's nowhere to go, there's nowhere to be with people. I'm not a beach bunny.

As I traveled from one country to another, no one knew anything about me. So I could be anybody, I could speak as I wished, act as I wished, dress as I wished.

Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Most men think it's looks, most women know otherwise.

Fearlessness at twenty springs from not knowing challenges lie ahead. Fearlessness at fifty comes from having wrestled with life's challenges and learned from them.

I don't see anything wrong with technology as long as it doesn't interfere with your life.

It's fascinating how all of us, everyday, rely - at some point, to some extent, for some reason - on faith in our life. Whether it's God or not, or "Please help me!"

I always thought the point was to have a bigger life, to meet more people. So I don't understand Hollywood

There's something so muffled about the way you experience things. It's as if you were trying to slip through life unchanged.

I'm very practical. What I'm reaching for is individualism for women.

Women are responsible for creating their own roles.

I have a brother who's a psychologist. He says three-quarters of the world are born feeling that they will be affected by the world; one quarter are born knowing that they will affect the world.

I never took to Hollywood.

What we need is more women writers, writing for older women. There are some actresses who have production companies and create their own material, and I truly admire that.

I figured as I got older, the good roles for women would be in the theatre. So 15 years ago I started building a Broadway career to try and develop the chops to be accepted as a great theatrical actress.

I'm not a New York snob.